In collaboration with the Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics and Environment (EDGE), we recently hosted about 20 high school teachers from around the State of Washington attending the ATHENA Teacher Workshop. Dr. Xu presented on the topic of Vitamins and Health. The teachers then visited our lab to witness techniques involved in biology, organic chemistry, and mass spectrometry! Here is a link to the blog about this event.
We welcome Dylan joining our lab as a graduate student in Medicinal Chemistry! He is interested in ion mobility-mass spectrometry, molecular modeling, and application of these methodologies in solving biochemical and biological problems.
Libin was appointed as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences effective on March 01, 2016.
Quynh received her B.S. in Biochemistry in 2015. She will be mostly experiencing different techniques related to neurobiology. Welcome Quynh!
Hideaki joined our lab as a senior fellow with expertise in genetic engineering in mammalian cells and mouse, neural stem cells, and mouse behavior studies. Hideaki received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the laboratory of Dr. Mario Capecchi at the University of Utah. He then underwent further training on neuronal stem cell in the laboratory of Dr. Freda Miller at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Welcome, Hideaki!
Josi joins us from the Graduate Program of Environmental Toxicology after rotating with us this past summer. She will be working on the effect of quaternary ammonium compounds on neurodevelopment. Welcome, Josi!
Kelly joins our lab as a senior fellow with expertise in ion mobility-mass spectrometry, metabolomics, and bioinformatics! Kelly received her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Vanderbilt University in 2014, and underwent further training in clinical mass spectrometry at Mayo Clinic before moving to Seattle.
This is an exciting summer as we welcome several summer students: Brianna Morgan (Southern Oregon University) from our Pharmacological Science Summer Diversity Program, Josi Herron as a rotation student from the Environmental Toxicology graduate program, and David Lee as a student volunteer.
David is studying toward a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry at the University of Washington! He will initially focus on chromatographic separation of oxidized lipids and their characterization by NMR and mass spectrometry. Welcome!
We welcome Dr. Sakr joining the lab as a research scientist! She will bring her expertise in cholesterol and lipid metabolism to the studies of neurological diseases!